Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM ON THE CANDIDATES FOR THE LAUREL (2), by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Behold! Ambitious of the british bays Last Line: For duck can thresh, you know, as well as write. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
Behold! ambitious of the British bays, C--R and DUCK contend in rival lays: But, gentle COLLEY, should thy verse prevail, Thou hast no fence, alas! against his flail: Wherefore thy claim resign, allow his right; For DUCK can thresh, you know, as well as write. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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